But, without a broader push by privately held companies, Congress will continue to delay action.
But some Democrats portrayed Lott's decision as a tactic to delay action on tobacco.
And they're going to argue that we should do nothing, stand pat, do less, or delay action yet again.
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The Cuban delegation to the U.N. has asked the Security Council to delay action until the Cuban foreign minister arrives in the United States, possibly on Tuesday.
The Assembly's Democratic majority wants a two-year moratorium, while the Independent Democratic Conference, which shares control of the Senate, has a bill that would delay action until the Geisinger report and lesser studies are complete.
First, while Israel might have come up with a way to delay the action, it probably couldn't have prevented it.
While the industry is hoping for delay, action will ultimately be inevitable.
On Jan. 13, six Republican senators sent Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid a letter asking him to delay floor action until concerns are resolved.
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"Market concerns about sustainability remain subdued in the United States, but a further delay of action could be fiscally costly, with deficit increases exacerbated by rising yields, " it said.
And we are obviously disappointed about that kind of decision, but it would have been far better, in our view, if Congress had taken action to delay the sequester in the very same way they took action two months ago -- two and a half months ago, to delay the sequester to avoid just this kind of outcome.
In all 37 cases, Ms Ashcroft said there had been poor decision-making or a delay in taking action.
Biden also argued for delay in congressional action until after the elections to take the politics out of the debate.
Some health insurance insiders unhappy about being forced to make these payments to brokers over the years were eager to blow the whistle and are disappointed with the delay in meaningful action.
Mr DeLay has a political action committee called Texans for a Republican Majority (TRMPAC).
In one case, the report says, there was "an unacceptable delay" in taking action against a priest after what it describes as "a credible allegation".
And some House Republicans are even returning money that they got from Tom DeLay's political action committees, even though Republican re-election campaign officials have so far not recommended returning any of that money.
But if Boehner's plan is for his party to act as an oppositional force -- trying to block, delay and prevent legislative action -- then the GOP could find itself in big trouble.
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While the Soviet Union may have receded for the moment from these demands by settling for a more ambiguous formulation of the resolution and an affirmation that political and diplomatic measures would receive maximum use, the principal Soviet objective seems to have been served: to delay U.S. action and to increase the pressure against unilateral American military steps.
Mr Henry's motion states the current timetable does not give teachers sufficient time to familiarise themselves with the details, and believes that calls for a delay should be heeded and urgent action taken to secure consistent implementation across Scotland of all aspects of the Curriculum for Excellence.
Officials in Paris, Moscow and Beijing well know that if such delay would not completely foreclose American military action, it would certainly defer it until late next year.
The best action Saturday was during the rain delay when Garcia was asked about the par-5 second hole.
Hurwitz, long at war with anti-logging activists, has been a major contributor to the political action committees run by former leader DeLay (who helped vault Pombo over several more senior Republicans, installing him as chairman of the House Resources Committee).
But Chesley managed to delay his day of reckoning by splitting the Bar Association action against him off from the other lawyers.
Today, a Texas judge ruled that the treasurer of a political action committee associated with House Majority Leader Tom DeLay broke the law.
One reason for the delay may have been the "mistaken belief" that action had been taken to flush the excessive aluminium from the system.
But it was DeLay who devised the plan that fund-raisers and political action committees worked from in 2002.
One of these leaders, House Majority Whip Tom DeLay , is expected to commit himself to such a course of action in a speech on Wednesday in Houston.
France and Russia have formed their own axis of awkwardness to delay an American-sponsored resolution, casting doubt on whether forceful action would ensue should Iraq refuse to comply.
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